More cool wind tech.....For all you blowhards!

Heckler · #1 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 04:56 PM

Superpowerful small wind turbines light up the night - Engadget

Superpowerful small wind turbines light up the night
by Nilay Patel, posted May 13th 2008 at 4:58PM

We've seem some impressive wind power tech, but a new breed of small, high-power wind turbines could potentially bring efficient wind power home. Developed by an inventor named Doug Selsam, the new turbines have rotors just 14-18 inches in diameter, but can produce 200 watts in a 20MPH wind, and much more than that at higher wind speeds. The trick is using high-strength carbon-fiber materials that allow several rotors to be hooked up as one -- in strong winds a thirteen-rotor system can produce enough juice to blow out a bank of car headlights "like flashblulbs." That's pretty impressive -- especially since the system is light and balanced enough to be held up with one hand. No word on when or how we might see these hit the public, but we can see some pretty sweet applications -- laptops in the park, anyone?

Realist1 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Heckler

Superpowerful small wind turbines light up the night - Engadget

Superpowerful small wind turbines light up the night
by Nilay Patel, posted May 13th 2008 at 4:58PM

We've seem some impressive wind power tech, but a new breed of small, high-power wind turbines could potentially bring efficient wind power home. Developed by an inventor named Doug Selsam, the new turbines have rotors just 14-18 inches in diameter, but can produce 200 watts in a 20MPH wind, and much more than that at higher wind speeds. The trick is using high-strength carbon-fiber materials that allow several rotors to be hooked up as one -- in strong winds a thirteen-rotor system can produce enough juice to blow out a bank of car headlights "like flashblulbs." That's pretty impressive -- especially since the system is light and balanced enough to be held up with one hand. No word on when or how we might see these hit the public, but we can see some pretty sweet applications -- laptops in the park, anyone?

Unfortunately, there's no pricing listed, or date of availability. I could see those mounted on tops of houses without being intrusive to the design.

Good idea and design though.
Thanks for the info Heck.

Heckler · #3 (**permalink**) 05-14-2008, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Realist1

Unfortunately, there's no pricing listed, or date of availability. I could see those mounted on tops of houses without being intrusive to the design.

Good idea and design though.
Thanks for the info Heck.

Yeah, it hasn't been developed into a product yet........but it's a great concept.

Hey, glad you checked it out Realist1!